Last Saturday night President and Sister Neider, of the Nevada Las Vegas Mission, came for dinner. They have been serving for almost one month now! We were excited to meet them. They are from Draper, Utah and ever since their call was announced we have been told by many what a great couple they are and that we would love them......well, they are and we do. We had a fun evening together. We shared experiences and ideas. We look forward to working closely with them.

7/17/2011

It is unbelievable how fast quarterly interviews come around! President Black interviews all the missionaries. Each interview is 10 minutes. With 180 missionaries times 10 minutes each (often times the 10 minute limit turns into 15 or 20 minutes) this equals at least 30 to 40 hours of straight interviews. There is a half day in Fallon, a half day in Carson City, and two days in Reno. Then three full days at different locations in Las Vegas. This is always a time that we look forward to. As President Black interviews, I get to visit with the missionaries waiting for their turn. This interview we were stressing the importance of looking like a missionary. Each missionary was able to evaluate his dress and grooming... how his hair looked, how his suit, shirt and tie was looking, and checking out his shoes and socks. While waiting, each missionary had the opportunity to polish his shoes. We also went over the dress guidelines with the sisters.